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For shopping and essentials, store data is strongest when it separates physical POIs, chain branch truth, legal business identity, VAT/VRT status, regulated licenses, hours, products, prices, and inventory.
Data cluster
Store POIs, chain locators, DBD/RD legal and tax identity, ETDA platforms, pharmacies, OTOP, Thong Fah, retail prices, GS1 products, online marketplaces, hours, and inventory caveats.
For shopping and essentials, store data is strongest when it separates physical POIs, chain branch truth, legal business identity, VAT/VRT status, regulated licenses, hours, products, prices, and inventory.
37 of 93 sources look official or agency-backed.
63 sources expose API, feed, CKAN/DataStore, JSON, XML, or similar machine-readable access.
9 sources have live, hourly, event-driven, warning, or frequent update language.
Use OSM/POI vendors for locations and hours, brand locators for branch truth, DBD/RD/FDA/Excise/ETDA for legal and regulated identity, and marketplace/retailer APIs only when authorized.
Last checked: 2026-05-11.
Source confidence: This cluster is strongest when several sources describe the same traveler problem from different angles: official context, machine-readable feeds, and slower fallback documentation.
Many Thai agency portals share the same CKAN/Open-D patterns.
CKAN/DataStore Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesBangchak current and historical retail fuel prices for brand-level Thai fuel price comparison. Treat as operator/brand reference pricing, not a guaranteed per-station price.
Official public oil price pages, widget/iframe surfaces, historical price page, and API-like widget endpoint Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesCurrent Caltex retail fuel prices for Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, and Samut Prakan. Page explicitly notes prices exclude local maintenance tax, so store price scope and tax caveat.
Official public web price page and station-finder links Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesEnergy Policy and Planning Office source for official petroleum prices, Bangkok retail prices, wholesale/refinery prices, Oil Fund levies, LPG/NGV price structure, exchange-rate context, and petroleum statistics. Use as national price/statistics backbone, not per-station pump price.
Official public API documentation, petroleum price tables, statistics pages, and request/registration-style API surfaces Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesUse as commercial enrichment for gas station POI matching, categories, hours, photos, popularity, and review-style context. Not an official Thai station registry or pump-price source.
Commercial Places API for POI metadata, categories, photos, tips, ratings, and hours where available Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesPTT, Bangchak, Shell, Caltex, PT/PTG, Susco, LPG/NGV operators, and convenience/cafe sub-brands can expose station amenities, products, service centers, opening context, and station-search pages. Brand locators are siloed and should not be treated as national coverage.
Public brand websites, station locators, app surfaces, and service/amenity pages Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesGoogle Places can expose gas station fuelOptions, last-known fuelPrices, update time, opening hours, EV charge options, reviews, ratings, photos, phone, website, and operational status. Licensing and field-mask pricing are critical.
Google Places API with field-mask controlled place details and fuelOptions/fuelPrices where available Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesNOSTRA developer platform lists fuel price by coordinate and by administrative area. Useful for location-based station/brand price lookup, but treat as commercial enrichment rather than open canonical data.
Developer platform APIs for fuel price by point and fuel price by administrative area Fuel, gas stations, and energy pricesCrowdsourced station geography for amenity=fuel, brand, operator, opening_hours, fuel:diesel, fuel:lpg, fuel:cng, fuel:e20/e85, payment, toilets, convenience shop, phone, website, and station polygons. Coverage is uneven and prices are not reliable.
OSM/Overpass API and extracts using amenity=fuel and fuel:* tags Justice and legal accessCentral and regional Administrative Court contact, address, hotline, and administrative-dispute function context. Use for disputes with state agencies or administrative orders, not ordinary civil/criminal court routing.
Official website/contact pages and public location resources where exposed Justice and legal accessCentral Institute of Forensic Science Master Data of Justice resources, including justice master fields and public API resources such as missing-person report office data where exposed.
CIFS open-data/API resources Justice and legal accessDepartment of Juvenile Observation and Protection contact channels for central and regional units, juvenile observation centers, training centers, and youth/family justice processes.
DJOP data catalog, XLSX contact-channel dataset Justice and legal accessProfessional-body and public legal-consultation context, including central office and hotline references. No complete public API for every licensed lawyer office location was verified.
Official public website/contact pages and consultation hotline information Justice and legal accessProsecutor and legal-aid context including public legal-consultation channels, central call center, and regional/provincial prosecutor-office pages. No clean nationwide public office-location API was verified.
Official public pages, regional/provincial office pages, hotline/service pages Justice and legal accessPrivate law-firm and legal-service company discovery using juristic-person records and legal-activities classifications such as TSIC 69100. Company registration is not the same as licensed lawyer verification.
Public company search/download/API-style surfaces where available Labour, health, and educationDrug, legal, product, health-product, hazardous-substance, and AMR datasets.
CKAN/XLSX/API where enabled Land and propertyLand appraisal values and property-valuation resources.
Catalog/DataStore/search/downloads Museums and learning sitesOfficial Ministry of Culture museum dataset collected through provincial cultural offices and the M-Culture system. Useful for listed museum registry fields, categories, and province-level reconciliation.
CKAN/DataStore-style resources, CSV/XML/PDF/Data API where exposed Museums and learning sitesPrivate museum, gallery, attraction, and museum-operator company discovery using juristic-person records. Business registration validates an operator entity, not visitor opening status.
Public company search/download/API-style surfaces where available Museums and learning sitesLong-tail provincial museum counts, cultural learning centers, local heritage sites, community museums, tourism attractions, and cultural-economy resources.
Provincial GDC/CKAN resources, DataStore APIs, CSV/TSV/JSON/XML where exposed Museums and learning sitesAgricultural museum exhibitions, online visitor statistics, network/learning-center information, sufficiency-economy agriculture content, and museum service statistics.
CKAN/DataStore, CSV/TSV/JSON/XML where exposed Precious metals, gems, and jewelryBOT reserve statistics and gold-related policy context. Use for monetary gold/reserve treatment and online-gold-trading regulatory context, not retail shop pricing.
Official public statistics, policy releases, and regulatory communications Precious metals, gems, and jewelryDepartment of Mineral Resources mineral-potential areas, geology, mineral maps, and geospatial layers for mining/mineral-resource context. Useful for gemstone and precious-metal resource geography, not retail pricing.
Government Data Catalog metadata, ArcGIS REST services, GIS layers, HTML/CSV where exposed Precious metals, gems, and jewelryPrimary Thai domestic 96.5% gold retail reference, including bullion buy/sell, ornament sell, ornament buyback or tax-base context, announcement date or time, price-change history, member directory, holiday calendar, and calculators. The public latest-price JSON surface can support runtime observation of the national quote. Use it as the national THB-per-baht-weight reference instead of implying province-by-province official gold prices.
Official public website with a published latest-price JSON surface used by the site runtime; redistribution rights should still be reviewed separately Precious metals, gems, and jewelryIGI verification for natural diamonds, lab-grown diamonds, jewelry, and gem reports. Store as report-specific authenticity enrichment only.
Report-specific public verification and lab service pages Precious metals, gems, and jewelryGlobal benchmark prices for precious metals. Use as international context and conversion baseline, not a direct Thai 96.5% gold retail price.
Public benchmark pages; redistribution and derived-data use can require licensing Precious metals, gems, and jewelryConsumer-labeling, disclosure, controlled-label, AML/CFT, reporting, KYC, record-retention, and transaction-threshold context for gold shops, jewelry businesses, gems, diamonds, precious stones, and import/export businesses.
Official public regulatory pages, notices, laws, and guidance; pair with OCPB and agency pages Precious metals, gems, and jewelryJuristic-person records for gold shops, jewelry manufacturers, gem dealers, exporters, and related entities. Company registration validates a legal entity, not inventory, lab quality, or retail trust.
Open-DBD datasets and API-style resources Precious metals, gems, and jewelryCrowdsourced geospatial enrichment for shop=jewelry, shop=gold_buyer, craft=jeweller, craft=lapidary, gem markets, opening_hours, websites, phone, addresses, and map geometry.
OSM/Overpass API and OSM extracts Precious metals, gems, and jewelryGold Futures reference 96.5% gold bullion with 10 and 50 Thai gold baht contract sizes. Use this for contract-unit, formula, settlement, and hedging context rather than as the primary Thai retail gold quote.
Public market pages and contract specifications; production data redistribution may require SET/TFEX licensing Precious metals, gems, and jewelryGold Online Futures and Micro Gold Online Futures expose international-style gold exposure and contract metadata. Keep this separate from domestic 96.5% Thai gold-baht retail pricing.
Public market pages and contract specifications; production data redistribution may require SET/TFEX licensing Precious metals, gems, and jewelryThai Industrial Standards Institute standards relevant to precious-metal purity/testing, jewelry methods, and related product standards. Store standard ID, scope, material, method, and effective status.
Official public standards catalog and document pages Precious metals, gems, and jewelryGlobal gold demand, supply, investment, central-bank, and market context. Useful for macro background and Thailand comparisons, not retail pricing.
Public research/data pages and downloads where available Religion, culture, and heritageDepartment of Religious Affairs Buddhist temple list and statistics layer with region, temple name, temple type, sect, wisungkhamsima, subdistrict, district, province, and postal code fields.
CKAN/DataStore, CSV/TSV/JSON/XML where exposed Religion, culture, and heritageReligion-wide context for mosques, Hindu/Brahmin sites, Sikh sites, Catholic churches, and other registered religious-site datasets. Use to avoid treating every religious place as a Buddhist wat.
CKAN/DataStore, XLS/PDF/CSV where exposed Religion, culture, and heritageCultural and religious-place datasets, central cultural data, cultural heritage, and religious-site reports. Use as narrative/cultural context rather than canonical wat identity.
Open-data/catalog/API/report surfaces where exposed Religion, culture, and heritageTemple history corpus, abandoned temples, central religious property, geospatial religious-property records, meditation centers, and legal/procedure documents. Slow-changing but valuable for history and active/abandoned distinction.
Catalog resources, XLSX/DOCX/PDF/CSV where exposed Restaurants, nightlife, and wellnessCommercial nightlife POI enrichment for bars, pubs, clubs, hours, ratings, photos, phone, website, and business status. Useful for named-venue and district confidence, not a legal alcohol-license registry or live event feed.
Google Places APIs for bars, pubs, clubs, rooftop venues, and live-music venue search plus place details Restaurants, nightlife, and wellnessCommercial restaurant and cafe POI enrichment for venue names, place IDs, addresses, hours, ratings, reviews, photos, phone, website, and business status. Useful for named-venue discovery and map confidence, not an official Thai food or licensing registry.
Google Places APIs for restaurant place search, place details, photos, reviews, ratings, and selected business attributes Restaurants, nightlife, and wellnessCommercial spa and massage POI enrichment for named venues, hours, ratings, reviews, photos, phone, website, and business status. Useful for hotel-adjacent recovery planning, not a medical or regulated-treatment certification layer.
Google Places APIs for spa, massage, and wellness venue search plus place details Restaurants, nightlife, and wellnessBest free spa and massage map spine for venue geometry, names, opening hours, and nearby fallback options. Coverage and tagging depth vary and should not be treated as treatment-quality proof.
OSM extracts and Overpass API using shop=massage, leisure=spa, beauty=spa, opening_hours, and contact tags where mapped Restaurants, nightlife, and wellnessThailand-local restaurant discovery, reviews, menu snapshots, photos, and district familiarity. Useful for named-venue confidence and local food context, but it is not an open canonical bulk API or legal registry.
Public restaurant and cafe discovery website/app plus merchant and partner surfaces where authorized Statistics, economy, and financeExchange rates, interest rates, financial markets, monetary, external, payments, public finance, loans, deposits, and NPLs. In the gold stack, this should act as THB exchange-rate context rather than the primary Thai retail gold quote.
API Statistics, economy, and financeCanonical Thai central-bank statistics.
Downloads, dashboards, API portal Statistics, economy, and financeExcise tax datasets and niche categories such as alcohol, tobacco, card import/license data.
CSV/XLS/API/RDF where enabled Statistics, economy, and financeJuristic-person and company-registration data; keep restricted services out of free pipeline.
Public search/download/API where available Stores, retail, and shoppingKey chain layer for Thailand convenience stores. Use as branch truth for 7-Eleven where accessible, but keep separate from CP ALL legal entity records, OSM/Google POIs, and inventory/product availability.
Public chain store locator/web surfaces; no documented bulk public API verified Stores, retail, and shoppingMacro retail-demand context across categories such as food stores, pharmacies/cosmetics, stalls/markets, department stores, supermarkets, general stores, and internet/mail-order retail. Not a store POI or price feed.
BOT statistical releases and metadata for retail sales index categories based on Revenue Department data Stores, retail, and shoppingStrong chain source for Big C, Big C Market, Big C Foodplace, Big C Mini, Pure Pharmacy, Depot, and related branch formats. Branch locator is chain-specific, not national retail coverage.
Official Big C public locator with shop type, province, branch, address, GPS, telephone, and store hours where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingHealth and beauty/pharmacy chain layer. Pair with Thai FDA drug-place licenses and Google/OSM for pharmacy status, hours, and POI enrichment.
Boots Thailand public store locator or branch pages; mall pages may expose branch address and opening hours Stores, retail, and shoppingBest layer for mall units, floors, tenant categories, mall hours, and indoor shopping context. Tenant churn and individual store hours require separate validation.
Public mall, Central, One Bangkok, MBK, and shopping-center tenant directories, floor/category pages, and branch pages where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingHigh-authority legal identity and commercial-registration context for government or approved integrations. Use separately from public POI and branch data; many fields may be restricted or require agency approval.
Government Data Exchange API layer for DBD juristic-person data and related government data-linkage services Stores, retail, and shoppingUseful for retail price context and market trend monitoring, not exact shelf price at a specific store branch. Pair with retailer/marketplace feeds only when authorized.
DIT data catalog, price pages, and CSV/API resources for selected consumer goods, agricultural prices, and market-price datasets Stores, retail, and shoppingIdentifies registered digital platforms and e-commerce platforms, not every seller on those platforms. Use for online-retail platform compliance context and join to marketplace/API layers only with authorization.
ETDA data catalog CSV datasets for registered/notified digital platform services and e-commerce related statistics Stores, retail, and shoppingCompliance layer for regulated retail categories. Use as a license flag and source link, not as a general store directory or recommendation source.
Excise Department public catalog/search resources for excise-controlled licenses such as liquor, tobacco, cards, and related sale/import/production permissions where published Stores, retail, and shoppingUseful for market and producer-retail pages, especially agricultural central markets and local product channels. Not a full consumer store directory.
DIT and provincial catalog resources for agricultural central markets, farm outlet style retail, and agricultural price/market datasets Stores, retail, and shoppingCommercial enrichment for store POI matching, hours, reviews, photos, categories, and popularity. It is not an official Thai legal/tax/license registry.
Commercial Places API and data products for POI search, categories, features, hours, photos, tips, ratings, and popularity-style signals Stores, retail, and shoppingStrongest commercial enrichment layer for store name, address, coordinates, business_status, opening_hours, phone, website, photos, price level, rating, reviews, and operational status. It is not a Thai legal business registry and must not be used as an open canonical database.
Google Places API with field-mask controlled place details, nearby/text search, place IDs, and commercial terms Stores, retail, and shoppingBest product identity layer for GTIN/EAN-13 and barcode-based product matching. It identifies products and parties, not store branch locations or live inventory.
GS1 Thailand membership and barcode/GTIN services for product and supply-chain identification Stores, retail, and shoppingHome improvement and household-retail branch truth. Useful for hours and maps, but inventory/service appointment availability needs retailer APIs or direct integration.
Official HomePro public branch locator and branch pages with address, phone, map, and office hours where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingOnline seller/product/inventory layer for authorized Lazada integrations. Public marketplace pages are not a clean open-data replacement.
Lazada Open Platform partner/seller APIs for product, inventory, order, review, store decoration, logistics, and seller operations Stores, retail, and shoppingUseful for restaurant/food-shop merchant operations, delivery availability, reviews, and online/offline matching when authorized. Keep separate from public POI data and legal/tax records.
Merchant app and partner ecosystem for restaurant/store information, reviews, delivery orders, CRM, and merchant operations where authorized Stores, retail, and shoppingThailand-local POI/search layer useful for Thai names, address normalization, phone, website, place type, reverse geocoding, and place search. Use as licensed POI enrichment alongside OSM, Google, NOSTRA, and brand locators.
Longdo Place API for reverse geocoding, search/suggest place, smart search, place details, Thai-local addresses, phone, website, and category data Stores, retail, and shoppingChain branch layer for Lotus's Hypermarket, Talad, Go Fresh, and related formats. Use for branch truth, then enrich hours and reviews via POI sources if allowed.
Official Lotus's public store locator for store formats, locations, and branch search Stores, retail, and shoppingWarehouse/wholesale branch layer for food-service, grocery, and professional buyer use cases. Keep separate from CP/DBD legal identity and retailer-private inventory.
Official Makro public branch/contact pages for wholesale and food-service branch locations and hours where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingReturns product ID/name/category/unit and date-level price_min/price_max lists and averages. Strong for product price context; not a store-specific shelf-price or inventory API.
Ministry of Commerce Open Data API endpoint for agricultural product price data by product_id and date range Stores, retail, and shoppingCommercial Thai geospatial/POI enrichment source for store and retail places, coordinates, nearby search, category filtering, routing context, and map-quality validation.
NOSTRA Map developer platform APIs for basemap, web service APIs, POI search, geocoding, routing, and Thai location services Stores, retail, and shoppingOfficial legal-entity layer for checking whether a company exists and what it is registered to do. It does not prove every physical store branch, opening hours, products, reviews, or inventory.
Open-DBD public datasets and API-style catalog resources for juristic-person records, new registrations, dissolved businesses, status, names, capital, objectives, and address fields Stores, retail, and shoppingBest free geospatial store spine. Useful for shop categories, coordinates, polygons, opening_hours, brand, operator, contact tags, wheelchair/accessibility, payment hints, markets, and pharmacies. Coverage is incomplete and it is not legal/tax/license proof.
OSM extracts and Overpass API using shop=*, amenity=marketplace, amenity=pharmacy, brand, operator, opening_hours, address, contact, and payment tags Stores, retail, and shoppingCommunity retail layer for OTOP producers, products, categories, provinces, and some shop/community datasets. Producer identity does not always equal a public retail storefront.
OTOP Big Data/API references, provincial GDC datasets, and public OTOP product/operator catalogs where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingBest official layer for stores approved to sell under the VAT Refund for Tourist scheme. Pair with Revenue Department VRT rules, P.P.10 requirements, and store-level POI/hours enrichment.
Revenue Department CSV/catalog dataset and VRT store/navigation systems for approved VAT Refund for Tourist shop operators and establishment addresses Stores, retail, and shoppingUseful for tax/VAT trust scoring and branch/address validation. A VAT branch can be a store, office, warehouse, or other establishment, so do not treat it as a public-facing retail POI without matching.
Revenue Department data catalog CSV/API-style dataset for active VAT-registered operators and establishment addresses Stores, retail, and shoppingOnline marketplace integration layer for seller-owned data. Use only for authorized shops/listings/orders/inventory; do not scrape or treat as a public national store registry.
Shopee Open Platform partner/seller APIs for shop, product, order, logistics, promotion, and account operations Stores, retail, and shoppingOfficial regulated-store layer for pharmacies and drug places. It does not reliably provide current opening hours, pharmacist schedule, product inventory, or consumer reviews.
Thai FDA data catalog and public search surfaces for drug-place licenses, pharmacy/shop names, province, and license details where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingImportant layer for welfare-card and low-price community stores. The app describes nearby search, store name search, location, owner/shop name, address, phone, and map navigation, while many public datasets expose only counts.
DIT Thong Fah Pracharat app surfaces and provincial/GDC datasets for welfare-card/community store counts or store search details where exposed Stores, retail, and shoppingRetail and price-index context for consumer goods and macro retail conditions. Useful for trend pages, not branch-level store prices.
Bureau of Trade and Economic Indices public index pages and downloadable statistics for CPI, PPI, CMI, EXI/IMI, consumer confidence, and related price indicators Stores, retail, and shoppingHealth and beauty chain branch layer. Pair with FDA license data where a branch is a licensed pharmacy and with Google/OSM/Longdo for POI enrichment.
Watsons Thailand public store pages/search with store address and opening hours where exposed Tourism and travelDepartment of Business Development company-discovery context for hotel, resort, serviced-apartment, and travel-accommodation operators. Useful for legal entity, company status, and registered business-objective checks, not branch-level room inventory or traveler-facing hotel quality.
Public business-search and open-data surfaces for legal-entity lookup where exposed Tourism and travelCommercial accommodation POI enrichment for hotel names, place IDs, addresses, maps, ratings, reviews, photos, phone, website, and open-status context where available. Useful for public-facing hotel discovery, not Thai legal hotel registration or live room inventory.
Google Places APIs for place search, place details, photos, reviews, ratings, and selected accommodation attributes TransportFlight offers search, routes, inspiration, pricing, and related airline retail APIs. Strong fare-shopping and availability layer, not an official airport or regulator source.
Developer documentation for flight offers, inspiration, routes, and booking-related flows TransportPublic guidance on legally certified ride-hailing applications, driver and vehicle requirements, complaint channels, and passenger-safety expectations. Certification status can change, so store source URL, source date, and verification date rather than hardcoding app lists.
Official government guidance page and DLT-linked public notices TransportThailand car-rental marketplace for self-drive, SUVs, vans, and with-driver services with public price and benefit messaging. Use for supplier and product discovery, not open bulk inventory ingestion.
Public marketplace site and app; no documented open bulk API was verified TransportThailand car-rental and car-sharing marketplace with private-owner cars, local rental companies, global brands, airport coverage, and self-drive or with-driver options. Use for marketplace discovery and service-type context, not open bulk inventory ingestion.
Public app listing and consumer marketplace/app surfaces; no documented open bulk API was verified TransportModern airline-retail API for flight offers, booking, ancillaries, seat selection, and order management across participating airlines and NDC content.
Developer documentation for flight search, booking, seats, baggage, ancillaries, and order management TransportCommercial POI layer for taxi stands, operator offices, airport pickup points, opening hours, contact data, reviews, and map links. It is not a legal registry or ride-dispatch feed.
Places API search, nearby search, place details, and place types such as taxi_stand with commercial terms TransportCommercial POI layer for rental offices, motorcycle-rental shops, airport counters, business status, hours, phone numbers, reviews, and coordinates. It is not a legal company registry or live rental inventory API.
Places API search, nearby search, place details, hours, ratings, photos, and business-status fields with commercial terms TransportThailand-local POI/search layer useful for taxi stands, operator offices, Thai-language place names, address normalization, and nearby search. Use as licensed enrichment alongside OSM, Google, and airport/operator pages.
Longdo Place API for Thai-local place search, details, reverse geocoding, phone, website, and category data TransportThailand-local POI and search layer useful for rental offices, Thai-language branch names, airport vicinity search, and address normalization. Use as licensed enrichment alongside OSM, Google, and airport/operator pages.
Longdo Place API and related map/place search services for Thai-local search, details, reverse geocoding, phone, website, and category data TransportCommercial Thai location platform for taxi stands, operator offices, airport pickup points, routing, and nearby place enrichment. Treat as licensed POI and routing enrichment, not a legal taxi or dispatch API.
NOSTRA Map developer platform APIs for POI search, geocoding, routing, and Thai location services TransportCommercial Thai location platform for rental branches, airport counters, routing, and nearby place enrichment. Treat as licensed POI enrichment, not a legal company or live inventory feed.
NOSTRA Map developer platform APIs for POI search, geocoding, routing, and Thai location services TransportJuristic-person registration numbers, Thai and English company names, registration dates, registered capital, business-objective fields, head-office address, and business status for vehicle-rental and leasing operators. Good for legal company identity and discovery, not branch locations or live fleet inventory.
DBD DataWarehouse+, public company-search/download surfaces, and API-style resources where exposed TransportBest free geospatial layer for car-rental offices, motorcycle-rental shops, mixed rental stores, names, operator tags, opening_hours, contact data, and address enrichment. Coverage is incomplete and needs validation.
OSM extracts and Overpass API using amenity=car_rental, amenity=motorcycle_rental, bicycle_rental, and shop=rental tags Weather, environment, and disastersGlobal climate/reanalysis data filterable to Thailand.
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